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Definition of Commenced
Commenced Commence Com*mence", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commenced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Commencing.] [F. commencer, OF. comencier, fr. L.
com- + initiare to begin. See Initiate.]
1. To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to
begin.
Here the anthem doth commence. --Shak.
His heaven commences ere the world be past.
--Goldsmith.
2. To begin to be, or to act as. [Archaic]
We commence judges ourselves. --Coleridge.
3. To take a degree at a university. [Eng.]
I question whether the formality of commencing was
used in that age. --Fuller.
